NASA announced its astronaut class of 1978, including Sally Ride, who five years later became the first American woman in space.

Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president and a towering figure of African independence, died in Mombasa after leading the nation for fifteen years.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Accords, laying the groundwork for the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Camp David framework toward peace.

Over 900 followers of Jim Jones died in a mass murder-suicide at the Peoples Temple compound in Guyana, hours after cult members shot dead a visiting US congressman.

HBO engineer stunned viewers by hijacking a satellite signal, an early sign of the vulnerabilities in emerging global broadcast technology.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize for the Camp David framework toward peace.